you saw a 95% or better example? I said BUY it,have the money or do whatever you had to do to get it? Not what you would LIKE to have or WISH you had,but one you would BUY! Just curious.
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O.K.! I'll play! If the money were available and if the gun were available, I'd buy a nickle 2 1/2 inch Model 19 in the box w/ the documents and tools. I'd want it to have the white outline rear sight and a red ramp front sight. I'd want it to be pinned and recessed. And... I'd want it to have just enough of that 95% condition that I could then order up a nice holster from El-Paso so that I could then carry the revolver and shoot it and use it and really enjoy it!
Another thought... just because I'm on a roll! If I were to see a nice post-WWII long action M&P .38 Special snub-nose w/ the two inch barrel and half-dime front sight... with either square or round butt grips... numbered to the fun... I'd buy it! Period! No fiddling around. If it has the box, papers and tools, I'd buy it and then head for the doctor's office as I'd have to get my arm set from breaking it trying to get my check book out.
These are the two guns that I find myself really wanting. I do think it'd be a hard thing to choose between either one. Which ever one showed up first would likely be the one I'd buy first.
There are two. A 4" blue Colt Python and a Colt Detective Special. The former is approaching impossible dream status. The latter is doable. Finding one is the trick.
If I could find a 95% Winchester '73 I would have to call my broker and sell some shares of stock! Then I would have to sell more stock to find a 95% SAA in the same caliber to go with it.